[rorrr]

Anther problem is the education that people choose. The world is full of "VCR repairmen", while everyone is using disposable bluray players.

I see it again and again, students pick silly, simple or just useless degrees, such as

    * philosophy
    * international relations (every single one of those wants to work for the UN, maybe 0.001% ends up there).
    * arts, all kinds
    * history (how many historians do we really need)

Don't get me wrong, they are interesting and entertaining, but just not very helpful when it comes to being employable.

[mikecarlucci]

Not to troll, but Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Leonardo DaVinci etc. were all technical people with understanding of philosophy, art, history, mathematics. Obviously these are cherry-picked examples, but having only technical knowledge isn't a great solution either.

[rorrr]

I never said anything about technical only knowledge. I myself took a few art classes, and enjoyed them.

What I said is that people pick these majors, and then we see these crazy unemployment stats. Most of these unemployed people are not qualified to do anything that society is willing to pay money for.

[mikecarlucci]

OK. Just making sure. Sometimes "the arts" get too much of a bad wrap here.

[sedachv]

History, philosophy and international relations undergrad degrees are all great ways to prepare to go into law or business school professional programs.

There are people that go into them for "silly" reasons, and there are people that go into them that come from upper-class backgrounds where being bankrolled by your parents while doing an international relations degree at a private university and spending time at unpaid internships in cities with high cost of living is a status symbol and a way to weed out the lower class from certain career tracks.

[jkeel]

I' also add that these may seem "silly" on the cover but can be put to good use later on. I've known several successful managers (including our current Director) who have their undergrad degree in philosophy, albeit coupled with an MBA.

Generally, I think the more well rounded a person is they can usually lead a more successful (fulfilling) life.